The furious Fourth Raikage moved into the pavilion and directly chose a room next to Houka's group. His confrontational attitude could not have been more obvious.
Minato Namikaze had a slight headache. "Houka, you were too impulsive. Our primary purpose in attending the Five Kage Summit is to mediate the conflict between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water. Now that we've offended the Fourth Raikage, I'm afraid we'll be at a disadvantage in the coming talks."
Houka smiled. "The Fourth Raikage looks rough and straightforward, but he is actually shrewd beneath that exterior and has a strong sense of the bigger picture. This conflict won't affect the later negotiations."
Minato Namikaze smiled. "I didn't expect you to have studied the Fourth Raikage's personality."
Houka gave him an inscrutable smile.
In the original story, the Fourth Raikage had been the supreme commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Shinobi World War. If he were truly just a hot-tempered brute, how could the Kage of the other hidden villages have entrusted such an important position to him?
Several more days passed before the Fifth Mizukage, Terumi Mei, arrived as well.
After returning to her country last time, she had immediately restrained the Mist Ninja under her command to prevent their friction with Kumogakure from escalating. Then she had set off by ship with Chojuro, but they encountered a storm along the way, so they arrived several days later than the Fourth Raikage.
After Terumi Mei moved into the pavilion and learned that both the Fourth Hokage and the Fourth Raikage had already arrived, she immediately sent Chojuro to invite the Fourth Hokage to drink tea on the pavilion's high terrace and enjoy the mountain scenery.
This pavilion had been built halfway up the mountain and stood dozens